Heineken NV announced on Wednesday the opening of its $100 million brewery in Maputo, Mozambique.

According to the company, the brewery will have a production capacity of 0.8 million hectoliters and will brew Txilar, a new beer specially made for the Mozambican market. It will also offer other trade marked Heineken international brands including Heineken®, Amstel, Sagres and Strongbow.

Mozambique has a GDP growth rate of 3.5% at the end of 2018 with beer consumption level of10.5-litres per capita.

Commenting on the new brewery, Jean-François van Boxmeer, chairman of the Executive Board and CEO, Heineken, said: “The population is young and vibrant, the middle-class is growing and living increasingly in cities, the economic perspectives are encouraging and the beer market has a great potential to grow.